Tophamm Midterm
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What are the three types of minor political parties? | - Single Issue Party - Ideological Party - Independent Candidates |
| What party called for direct election of senators and 8 hour workdays? | The Populist Party |
| Who's duties is it to run the committee, manage the office, direct the committee staff, and leads fundraisers? | The National Party Chairperson |
| What party originally called themselves the democratic-republican party? | The Democratic Party |
| What party was founded in 1970 by Thomas Jefferson? | The Democratic Party |
| What party limited federal power? | The Democratic Party |
| In 1828, who changed the democratic-republican party to just Democratic? | Andrew Jackson |
| What party was founded in 1970 by Alexander Hamilton? | The Federalist Party |
| What party was in favor of a strong federal government? | The Federalist Party |
| What party was founded in 1830 by Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams? | The Whig Party |
| What party also called themselves the National Republicans? | The Whig Party |
| What party was founded in 1854 and Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican President in 1860? | The Republican Party |
| What are the two major parties? | Democratic and Republican |
| Both major parties hold _______ conventions. | National |
| Each state sends _____ to the national conventions. | Delegates |
| Each party has ___ state committees. | 50 |
| Each committee focuses on electing candidates to _____ _____. | State offices |
| Each area in the local political parties are divided into ______. | Precincts |
| What are the largest political units in the state. | Counties (parishes) |
| State leaders depend on the ____ leaders to create interest in their candidates. | Local |
| How do parties nominate candidates? | Through direct primaries |
| What are the two types of direct primaries? | - Closed Primary - Open Primary |
| How many judges are there in the district court? | 550 |
| How many appeals courts are there? | 12 courts |
| In an appeals court, there are ___ to ___ judges per court. | 6 to 27 |
| There are ___ justices and ___ chief justice in a Supreme Court? | - 8 - 1 |
| How are the federal courts set up? | - Supreme - Appeals - District |
| How long are judges appointed for? | For life |
| What court had the original jurisdiction court? | District Court |
| The ______ court is responsible for determining the facts of a case. | District |
| What court had that appellate jurisdiction court? | Circuit Court of Appeals |
| What is the main job of the Circuit Court of Appeals? | To review decisions made in lower district court |
| What is the Supreme Court's job? | To decide if laws are allowable under the Constitution |
| The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over all _____ and ____ courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of _______. | - State and federal - Cases |
| What is the organization of Federal Courts from highest to lowest? | - Supreme Court - Federal Appeals Court - Federal District Court |
| What are the steps in a Supreme Court cases? | - Written argument - Each side gets 30 minutes of questions and answers - Justices meet (get together and talk about case) - Justices make a decision (they vote) - Justices write an opinion (majority opinion) |
| What are the seven roles of the President? | - Chief executive - Chief diplomat - Commander in chief - Legislative leader - Head of state - Economic leader - Party leader |
| What is the main job of the President? | To carry out the laws passed by Congress |
| Who approves Congress bills? | The President |
| Who passes laws through Congress? | The President |
| What is the clearest statement of what the President wants passed? | Budget |
| Who listens to the cabinet of economic advisers and the presidential cabinet? | The President |
| If the President dies, who takes over? | The Vice President |
| When did Congress pass the Presidential Succession Act? | In 1957 |
| Who is in charge of the navy, army, air force, marines, and the coast guard? | The President |
| The President is the _________ __ _______ of the Armed Forces. | Commander in Chief |
| This is equal to the number of representatives and senators in Congress. | Electoral votes |
| ____ total electoral votes in America. | 538 |
| What are the steps in the life of a bill?(4) | - Introduction - Committee - Floor debate - Vote |
| Bills concerning money have to start in the _____. | House |
| What are the different kinds of committees? | - Standing committee - Select committee - Joint committee - Conference committee |
| The standing committee has ___ in the senate and ____ in the house. | - 16 - 19 |
| The standing committee is divided into ___ sub committees. | 2 |
| The select committee occurs in what houses? | Both (but not together) |
| The select committee requires a _______ job, limited ______. | - Special - Time |
| The joint committee has members from where? | Both houses joined together |
| The joint committee is for a _______ purpose and is kept for long periods of time. | Specific |
| The conference committee has a _______ purpose. | Special |
| Where do the conference committee members come from? | Both houses |
| How old must you be in order to be a representative? | 25 |
| How many years must you be a U.S. citizen for before you become a representative? | 7 years |
| How long is a representative's term? | 2 years |
| What is the limit on the amount of years a representative can serve? | No limit |
| There are ___ representatives. | 435 |
| What is the number of representatives based on? | State's size (minimum 1) |
| What is the basic job of a representative? | To represent the people of their state/district |
| How old must you be in order to be a senator? | 30 |
| How long must you be a U.S. citizen before you become a senator? | 9 years |
| How long is a senators term? | 6 years |
| What is the limit on the amount of years a senator can serve? | No limit |
| There are ___ total senators; ___ per state. | - 100 - 2 |
| What law states that if the army goes into combat, the President must get Congress' approval. If Congress does not approve within 60 days, the troops must come back home. | War Powers Act |
| Who has the power to approve/reject the president's nominees? | The Senate |
| What case of segregation involved a black man who refused to get off the whites only car on a railroad? | Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) |
| What case decided that segregation was legal? | Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) |
| What case of segregation's filed to force segregation of schools? | Brown v. Board of Education (Topeka, 1954) |
| What case decided that segregation was illegal? | Brown v. Board of Education (Topeka, 1954) |
| What is a court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect's home/business and take specific items as evidence? | Warrant |
| What is the right of the government to take private property, usually land, for public use? | Eminent Domain |
| What was held in Philadelphia in 1787? | The Constitutional Convention |
| In the Constitutional Convention, all colonies attended except which one? | Rhode Island |
| Who presided over the Constitutional Convention? | George Washington |
| This originally intended to revise the Articles of Confederation - but the delegates decided that was not enough. | The Constitutional Convention |
| What was a result of the Constitutional Convention? | The U.S. Constitution |
| The ____ did not want slaves counted as people, but the ____ did. | - North - South |
| The ____ wanted congress to regulate trade with foreign countries and between states - the _____ didn't. The _____ was worried about and export tax and regulation of the slave trade. | - North - South - South |
| What are the 3 parts to the Constitution? | - Preamble - Articles - Amendments |
| What is an introduction that states the goals and purposes of the government? | Preamble |
| What describes the structure of the government? | The Articles |
| How many articles are there in the Constitution? | 7 |
| What are additions and changes to the constitution called? | Amendments |
| What are the first 10 amendments called? | The Bill of Rights |
| How many times has the constitution been amended? | 27 times |
| What established the constitution as the law of the land? | Supremacy Clause |
| Who is the final authority on interpreting the constitution? | The Supreme Court |
| What are the two steps in the amendments process? | The proposal and ratification |
| The ______ requires 2/3 vote of congress. | Proposal |
| What is the number for ratification? | 3/4 |
| When the country was formed, who were the only people involved in politics? | White adult males (No Natives, African Americans, or women) |
| Hobbs, Locke, and Russeau are examples of what? | Foreign Influence |
| Where did the early settlers settle? | Jamestown, Virginia |
| What document spelled out individual rights, including the guarantee of equal treatment under the law? | The Magna Carta |
| Why was the Glorious Revolution called the Glorious Revolution? | There was no blood shed |
| What happened when parliament removed King James II from the throne and invited his daughter Mary and husband William to rule instead? This demonstrated that parliament was stronger than the monarch. | The Glorious Revolution |
| Why were colonists ignored? | Because the king and parliament were preoccupied with matters at home in Great Britain |
| A legal system that is largely founded by the decisions previously made by courts. | Common law |
| Who's system of common law was not planned? | England's |
| Where does America get most of their laws concerning property, contracts, and personal injury from? | Common law |
| Many of the colonial legislatures were modeled after what? | The English Parliament |
| What was held in response to the coercive (intolerable) acts? | 1st continental congress |
| What was held in Philadelphia in 1774 | 1st continental congress |
| For the 1st continental congress, all colonies were there except which one? | Georgia |
| What purpose was to present a united front to the king demanding rights to be restored? | 1st continental congress |
| How did the king respond to the 1st continental congress? | With force |
| What was triggered by the financial cost of the Angle-French wars of the previous 30 years, in particular the Seven Years War (1756-1763)? | 1st conflict between Americans and England |
| Each colony set up its own _____. | Government |
| How was the governor of a colony elected? | Either by the colonists or appointed by the English King |
| As the years passed, the colonial governments took on more ___ and ______. | Power and responsibility |
| Second continental congress signed the Declaration of Independence on _____ ___, ____. | July 4, 1776 |
| Who was asked to write the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| Where does the power of the government come from? | The citizens |
| What is considered fair? | One person, one vote |
| Americans acting through their ________ run the government. | Representatives |
| All power of elected officials come from those who _____ _____. | Elect them |
| What is the purpose of the government? | To make the U.S. a better place for those who live there |
| The power of the government come from the citizens, Americans acting through their representatives run the government, the purpose of the government is to make the U.S. a better place for those who live there, and majority rule are all examples of what? | The principles of democracy |
| What are the functions of the federal government? | - Order - Security - Provide public service - Guiding the community |
| What function of the federal government makes laws to prevent/settle conflicts? | Order |
| What function of the federal government enforces laws and defends citizens from enemies, both foreign and domestic? | Security |
| What function of the federal government creates/manages public places? | Provide public service |
| What function of the federal government provides public transportation? | Provide public service |
| What function of the federal government builds roads, bridges, and buildings? | Provide public service |
| What function of the federal government helps the needy? | Provide public service |
| What function of the federal government sets public policy and creates budgets? | Guiding the community |
| What are the levels of the government? | - Federal (National) - State - Local |
| _____ and _____ are not requirements for citizenship. | Gender and wealth |
| How long are you a citizen for? | For life |
| What is the only way a person can be removed from citizenship? | If the government takes it away |
| Who agrees to follow rules and accept government authority? | A citizen |
| Who was an English philosopher who stated that without government, life would be terrible? | Thomas Hobbs |
| Who was a French philosopher who wrote a book that deeply affected French thinking, and became one of the chief focuses that brought on the French revolution 30 years later? | Russeau |
| Where and when was the concept of direct democracy created? | Athens, Greece in 500 BC |
| Around the same time that direct democracy was created, what did the Romans create? | The Republic |
| What was the body of the Republic called? | The Senate |
| What term means that the government is responsible for the well-being of the people? | Welfare state |
| Where did the first immigrants come from? | Spain |
| What means out of many, 1? | E Pluribus Unum |
| What signifies the 13 colonies coming together? | E Pluribus Unum |
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